San Francisco Chronicle

NEW MOVIES

- — Walter Addiego

306 Hollywood: This documentar­y focuses on Elan and Jonathan Bogarin, who conduct a kind of archaeolog­ical study of the contents of the house where their grandmothe­r lived for 67 years. Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fashion & Disco: James Crump documents the life and work of fashion illustrato­r Lopez, whose heyday was the 1970s. The Church: This horror offering is set in a Philadelph­ia church inhabited by spirits of past congregati­on members. Filmmakers Unite: A program of 13 short films by various makers regarding the state of the union in the era of President Trump. San Francisco filmmakers Jay Rosenblatt and Ellen Bruno curated the shorts. Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.: A documentar­y by Steve Loveridge about the English-Sri Lankan singer M.I.A. The Old Man & the Gun: Robert Redford stars as a gentleman bank robber at the end of his career. Also with Danny Glover, Tom Waits and Sissy Spacek. Redford has said this will be his last movie as an actor. Private Life: A drama, written and directed by Tamara Jenkins, about tensions between a married couple as the woman undergoes fertility therapies. With Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti. A Star Is Born: This fourth version of the Hollywood classic stars Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper and was directed by Cooper. Venom: Another Marvel Comics superhero movie, this time with Tom Hardy in the title role. Venom is a journalist who becomes host of an alien symbiote, which gives him extraordin­ary powers.

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